>> WELCOME TO "ALMANAC AT THE CAPITOL," I'M MARY LAHAMMER, COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE HOUSE GALLERY WHERE LAWMAKERS ARE WORKING BEHIND US TONIGHT.

IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE THAT'S BEEN TRUE, BUT THERE IS JUST TEN DAYS LEFT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE AWMAKERS, HOUSE MEMBERS WHO RAN UP HERE TO JOIN US AND TALK ABOUT BIPARTISAN BILLS TO SAVE AN IMPORTANT HOSPITAL AND THE ISSUE OF FRAUD.

WE HAVE THE RETIRING LAWMAKER LEADING THAT ISSUE, BUT FIRST, WE BEGIN BY LOOKING AT BUSY WEEK WITH HISTORY MADE IN THE SENATE ON THE ISSUE OF GUNS THAT PROVED INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL.

>> PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REMEMBER HARPER AND FLETCHER.

>> THE MINNESOTA SENATE VOTED FOR BANNING HIGH CAPACITY ASSAULT WEAPONS AFTER A DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING.

>> WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH AS PARENTS, IT'S UNSPEAKABLE.

AND WE CAN PREVENT THAT.

>> I REFUSE TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION WITH MY KIDS IF I DON'T DO SOMETHING MORE.

I REFUSE IT.

BECAUSE I CAN'T LOOK THEM IN THE EYE AND NOT DO SOMETHING.

>> AT BEST, THESE ARE FEEL-GOOD MEASURES THAT DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS OR INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE BY PUNISHING TWO AND A HALF MILLION LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS BY MAKING THE LAW COMPLICATED AND POTENTIALLY EXPENSIVE TO OWN A FIREARM.

>> IT IS WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING THAT I WISH WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY WAS THE ANSWER.

>> SEEMS AS IF BIPARTISANSHIP HAS DIED IN THIS CHAMBER.

I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY FORWARD HERE, MAKE SURE THAT MINNESOTANS AND THE STUDENTS THAT GO TO OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND SECURE EACH DAY.

>> WE ARE A GENTLE, LOVING PEOPLE.

WE ARE A JUSTICE SEEKING PEOPLE.

WE ARE AN ANGRY AND GENTLE PEOPLE.

>> MY MIME IS MIKE MOYSKI, THANKS FOR HAVING ME IN TODAY.

I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE SENATE FLOOR AND IT WAS HISTORIC.

>> THE QUESTION IS SIMPLE, WHO IS CHOOSING TO SAVE LIVES AND WHO'S CHOOSING TO PERPETUATE AN EPIDEMIC AGAINST OUR EIGHBORS ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> FOLLOWING DEADLY IMMIGRATION ACTION ACROSS THE STATE.

>> LEGITIMATE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FULFILLING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION, ONE OF THEIR ENUMERATED POWERS TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.

>> NONE OF US, NOT ONE SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS CHAMBER SHOULD BE PROUD HALF OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID TO OUR STATE.

NO ONE.

>> RECORD OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE STATE.

>> THE GOVERNOR AND PARDON BOARD GRANTED EMERGENCY CLEMENCY FOR AN IMMIGRANT FACING DEPORTATION.

>> AS FAR AS I KNOW, REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY HAVE NOT APOLOGIZED, THEY HAVE NOT SAID THAT THE KILLING OF ALEX PRETTI AND RENEE GOOD WAS A BAD THING.

THEY HAVE NOT QUESTIONED KRISTI NOEM AND HER LEADERSHIP AT THE TIME NOR HAVE THEY QUESTIONED THE MOVES RIGHT NOW.

SO VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE REPUBLICANS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE TO US WHEN THEY WERE ACTUALLY FOR IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

>> SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR ANNOUNCED HER PLAN AS THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.

>> I'M LAYING OUT MY PLAN TO TRANSFORM OUR STATE GOVERNMENT INTO A GOVERNMENT THAT IS INNOVATIVE, EFFECTIVE, AND ACCOUNTABLE.

THESE IDEAS AREN'T PARTISAN.

GOOD IDEAS CAN COME FROM DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.

SOME OF THEM ARE PENDING RIGHT NOW BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.

>> THE FRAUD COMMITTEE CONCLUDED FOR SESSION.

>> IT HAS EYE OPENING FOR ME AND I THINK FOR ALL OF UR MEMBERS AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO I THINK THE ROLE OF HAVING A BROAD OVERSIGHT OMMITTEE HAS SERVED THE INSTITUTION WELL AND I HOPE THAT A FUTURE LEGISLATORS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS BODY.

>> AND A BIPARTISAN PLAN TO RESCUE HCMC HAS MOMENTUM.

>> THIS IS OUR STATEWIDE HOSPITAL, FOR A LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WE HAVE PATIENTS NOT ONLY IN HENNEPIN COUNTY BUT ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE COMING HERE.

>> AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS A STATEWIDE RESOURCE, WELL, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY ARE REALLY FOOTING THE BILL TO KIND OF HELP THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT CASHFLOW HAPPEN WEEK TO WEEK AND SO THAT'S SORT OF PART OF THE REASON FOR THE NEED FOR INTERVENTION.

>> I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THIS.

IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE AND SO I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IT AND LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ANGLES AND KIND OF COME TOGETHER ON IT.

>> IT'S MY GOAL NOT TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE PUTTING BAND-AIDS ON SO WE CAN LIMP ALONG FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS TO MAKE IT SO THAT HENNEPIN, HCMC, NORTH EMORIAL CAN NOT SURVIVE BUT